Back from the hills
I headed up to the Green Mountains for a bit of skiing mid-week. The S&P 500 futures opened around 1274 Tuesday at 6am, where they currently...
Great minds think alike...
I wrote favorably about Kohl's (KSS) earlier this week and my feature article today recommends Target (TGT) as a contrarian, bargain play.
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Jobs number today
I'm mildly bearish ahead of today's jobs number. Widely reported yesterday is ADP's tendency to overstate job gains in December due to holiday...
Holding Steady Ahead of Jobs Data
Stocks lacked significant direction for a second straight session on Thursday, ahead of the December jobs data. However, one preview of the data...
ORCL
ORCL is up about 3% today ( to $26.78) in a down market. Many who wouldn't buy it a few days ago in the mid-$25's are now plowing into the shares...
Nuance Working Well
Not much selling pressure at all in voice-recognition technology firm Nuance Communications (NUAN) in recent weeks. Its chart looks strong with...
Answer for Dougy Fresh
Yes Dougy Fresh,
Downside Gap filled now two days in a row showing that there are dip buyers.
We are now building a floor above 1262...
Midmorning View
The SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) broke below yesterday's low of $126.71 and hit $126.43. The buy signal was to buy more when we came...
A Follow-Up
Perhaps I learned too much by reading the "Art of War", but a person's reaction to an event or series of events sends messages. I think a couple...
Es & Nq -- 1/5/2012
Es
Overnight weakness in the euro and Es futures (thanks in large part to a disappointing French auction) has yesterday's...
Barnes & Noble
As predicted on RMP:
BKS is looking more and more like a bankruptcy in waiting. They are spinning off/selling off the only real asset -...
Kohl's
Kohl's (KSS) reported December same store sales down 0.1% and reduced their FY 2011 estimate to $4.20 - $4.23.
With the shares showing at...
Early Pressure
French bond yields climbed. A euro below the recent lows and more Iran rhetoric have the futures under pressure. (I do think a France...
Sentiment
This week's American Association of Individual Investors poll shows the bears at 17%, the lowest reading in a year. Last year it did not coincide...
Analysts were Not Playing Analysts
I thought analysts were paid each week to make predictions not just release fun facts on companies? As I was compiling notes on same-store sales...
Dissecting Costco's Monthly Sales
Costco out this morning with a modest headline comp miss. I think the month was dissapointing, and here is why:
Company became aggresive...